Tell of Painted Ware Asia 42 — China Region 6
Period Late Holocene·Regional culture Asia-Megalith·🇨🇳 China Region 6, China
About
About Tell of Painted Ware Asia 42 — China Region 6
Tell of Painted Ware Asia 42 — China Region 6 in China Region 6, China is a Iron Age megalithic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing. Recorded context — Period: Period Late Holocene; Culture: Regional culture Asia-Megalith; Field status: partially excavated; Materials: sandstone, plaster; Condition: ruins.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Asia-Megalith megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network extent
- 02Function of enclosure
Theories
- 01Territorial marker
- 02Observatory
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1500 BCE
- Period
- Period Late Holocene
- Culture
- Regional culture Asia-Megalith
- Purpose
- megalithic ritual/settlement purpose for Asia-Megalith
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1885
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1200 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Tell of Painted Ware Asia 42 — China Region 6
1950 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Tell of Painted Ware Asia 42 — China Region 6
c. 1500 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Tell of Painted Ware Asia 42 — China Region 6
On the ground
Structures & features
25.9208° N · 72.2351° E · 957 m · 3 mapped features
- Tell of Painted Ware Asia 42 — China Region 6 — Principal Standing Stonestanding stonestanding stone at Tell of Painted Ware Asia 42 — China Region 6 — outlier feature25.9198° N · 72.2342° E
- Tell of Painted Ware Asia 42 — China Region 6 — Chamber Annex 2chamberchamber at Tell of Painted Ware Asia 42 — China Region 6 — outlier feature25.9222° N · 72.2355° E
- Tell of Painted Ware Asia 42 — China Region 6 — Southern Cairncairncairn at Tell of Painted Ware Asia 42 — China Region 6 — outlier feature25.9224° N · 72.2354° E